SATURDAY • FEBRUARY 14, 2004 Including The Bensonhurst Paper Published every Saturday by Brooklyn Paper Publications Inc, 55 Washington Street, Suite 624, Brooklyn NY 11201. Phone 718-834-9350 • www.BrooklynPapers.com • © 2004 Brooklyn Paper Publications • 18 pages including GO BROOKLYN • Vol. 27, No. 6 BRZ • Saturday, Feb. 14, 2004 • FREE Just for frills FED FIX-UP FOR Valentine’s gift ideas for the guy with THIS WEEKEND love in his heart –- and sex on his mind! FORT HAMILTON Base getting $7.6 mil for MP station By Jotham Sederstrom mitted by the Pentagon of bases that could be The Brooklyn Papers closed. In response, Fossella last month added EXCLUSIVE eight new members to a local task force created to The Fort Hamilton Army Base has been defend against an earlier round of closings in awarded federal funding for the construc- 2001. tion of a new, $7.6 million headquarters for possible base closings, according to spokesmen “Bottom line is, what’s going to happen with for the base and Rep. Vito Fossella. the base realignment has nothing to do with the the Provost Marshal and Military Police, It was not clear whether the funding commit- The Bay Ridge Paper has learned. way we do business,” said Ray Aalbue, a ment would have any effect on the decision of the spokesman for the base. “We’re going to move Construction will begin shortly after the con- congressional committee. tract is awarded next January and continue well ahead with all the projects we have in place and Last month it was announced that a commis- look at the future as if we’re still going to be into 2006, nearly a year after a congressional base sion composed of military experts nationwide here.” closure commission announces its choices for would choose to either reject or accept a list sub- The 12,000-square-foot, two-story building will be four times as large as the building that cur- / Greg Mango / Greg rently houses the base’s law enforcement arm. The military police station will be constructed on the footprint of the National Guard headquar- ters, in building 401, which will be razed next year after the contract is awarded. The provost and military police are currently housed in a The Brooklyn Papers The Brooklyn Dems cry foul over Bullets fly: A 1950s “bullet bra,” on display at Olive’s Very Vintage boutique in Carroll Gar- building without lockers or a conference room, dens, will knock him dead. according to Aalbue. “The reason why it’s being constructed is be- By Lisa J. Curtis flannel pajama type (now 50 percent off!) or a dar- cause the present office is substandard according Fort Ham task force to Army regulations,” said Aalbue. “This building GO Brooklyn Editor ing diva — the G-strings by Gossard with sparkling crystal accents are a MUST ($27-$36). is going to be like any other precinct in the city. “Your husband called … he said to buy We suspect the “G” is short for your predictable re- By Jotham Sederstrom 60th Assembly District Com- congressional level,” said Gen- Everybody knows the precinct down the block.” anything you want.” action when she tries it on: “Goodness gracious!” The Brooklyn Papers mitteeman Ralph Perfetto and tile, who added that during elec- “This project represents the type of investment That’s the message on a discreet sign inside “And they’re comfortable, because they lay flat Bay Ridge Democrats Assemblywoman Adele Cohen tion time Republicans tend to that Vito has said is critical to strengthening Fort Bella Lingerie, a lavish boutique in Bay Ridge, on the skin,” points out practical Carla. charged last week that a task all expressed disbelief that the “dream up an issue.” Hamilton,” said Craig Donner, a spokesman for but as Valentine’s Day is here, it’s also a reminder The Catanzaro gals are glad to help guide you task force, created by Fossella in The closure commission won’t Fossella. “Getting the project included in the pres- force created by Rep. Vito 2001 and expanded last week, be formed until next March, more to those husbands, boyfriends — and girlfriends through the array of temptations in silk, lace and Fossella to block the closing ident’s budget is a crucial first step. Vito is already — who waited until the very last minute to run ribbons: the Loungewear Betty marabou-bedecked only counts among its ranks sev- than four months after fellow working with congressional leaders to make sure of the Fort Hamilton Army eral known Democrats, none of Ridge Republicans Fossella and the funding is available for the project to begin on (don’t walk) and buy some sexy underthings for baby doll sets (y’know, what the Fembots were Base is nothing more than a the ladies they love. wearing in “Austin Powers”?) are fun in demure whom are elected officials. state Sen. Marty Golden are up time.” To further cut to the lace, let us guide you pink or femme fatale black ($100 for set); the Mary political ruse designed to “This whole thing of trying for re-election. Federal funding has also been announced for through the frilly labyrinth of choices available in Green red silk chemise is flatteringly trimmed in benefit the congressman’s re- to save something that’s not be- Included on the 26-member active guard and reserve forces in Buffalo and Brooklyn. black lace, with matching robe ($63, $127 respec- election bid in November. ing threatened is a political ploy task force are Assemblyman Fort Drum, which will receive $52 million next At year-old Bella Lingerie, owners and sisters- tively); and the delightfully ruffled, mischievously Councilman Vincent Gentile, on the state Senate level and the See TASK FORCE on page 14 year. in-law Carla and Jessica Catanzaro maintain a revealing, black Arianne camisole ($40), em- gift registry — or database — of their customers’ broidered with hearts, can be paired with sizes and wish lists. So if your Juliet is already a matching thong boy short ($22), and it’s Bella customer, they may already know what both gorgeous and affordable. she’s secretly hoping for. “We try to carry all the lines If you’d like your gift to be a complete surprise, found in Manhattan stores,” ex- Bella Lingerie is brimming with every possible in- plains Carla. “We have a lot carnation of boudoir-wear, whether your lady’s the See LINGERIE on page 13 There’s more to INSIDE DOUBLE TRAGEDY City warned a year ago of deadly corner where two youths were crushed by truck By Jotham Sederstrom The Brooklyn Papers Two Park Slope boys on their way home from school were run over and killed by a landscaping truck at Third Avenue and Ninth Street this week. And compounding the tragedy for the families of the fifth-graders came word that the city Depart- ment of Transportation ignored the recommendations of a study it commissioned a year ago that Mango / Greg called for traffic-calming measures at the deadly intersection. The 130-page Downtown Brooklyn Traffic Calming study warned that the intersection of The Brooklyn Papers The Brooklyn Third Avenue and Ninth Street, and / Jori Klein dozens of other hotspots, needed to Father-son heroes Angelo (left) and Anthony Augello with state Sen. Marty Golden and Engine 243/Ladder 168 firefighters Wednesday. be re-engineered with extended sidewalk corners, or neck-downs. Additionally, it called for some of the traffic signals to be changed so Papers The Brooklyn that pedestrians would have a head Victoria Flores listens to Hail Marys recited for her son, Vic- start before trucks got the green tor, 11, while being comforted by family members at Tues- light. day’s vigil. In July, the DOT released a list INTO THE FIRE of short-term, relatively low-cost solutions that were to be carried out within a year. On that list, accord- Father and son honored for daring rescue of woman, 87 ing to a review of that study, was the implementation of delayed traf- By Jotham Sederstrom halation and less serious burns at firehouse is a hero.” her unconscious in her second-floor fic signals on Third Avenue at The Brooklyn Papers Lutheran Medical Center. The Feb. 8 fire inside Rose DiGio- kitchen. Ninth Street, which, unlike neck- “Being a fireman’s son for 18 vanni’s home on 76th Street at 16th “My son followed me into a burn- The bravery of a retired fire- years, you kind of learn by osmosis,” Avenue broke out around 4 am, fire- ing building and I’m so proud of downs, cost absolutely nothing, ac- fighter and his 22-year-old son cording to transportation experts. said Anthony Augello who runs a fighters said. John DiGiovanni ran him for that,” said Angelo Augello. “The cost estimate on that item was recognized Wednesday, days Brooklyn theatrical group. The father across the street in only his underwear “And I’m happy that the firemen got was zero,” said Noah Budnick, after the pair battled waves of and son also helped rescue a woman to the home of Angelo Augello and us out of there.” projects director of Transportation black smoke to rescue an 87-year- two years ago after her Ford Explorer his wife, JoAnn, and two sons, Antho- Fire officials said the blaze was Alternatives, a watchdog group that old neighbor from flames that had collided with a luxury bus on the Van ny and 21-year-old Michael, who was likely started by a cigarette. believes the accident could have raged through her second-floor Wyck Expressway in Queens.